Pearl Harbor happened on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. This place was a major American naval base. The attack on Pearl Harbor happened December 7th, 1941 by Japanese aircraft. The Japanese assault killed 2,400 people and destroyed or damaged 300 aircraft and 18 ships. The surprise attack did a lot of damage, which there for brought the US into the Second World War. The attack followed the decision of the government of Premier Hideki Kojo that the Roosevelt administration would not leave China and Southeast Asia to the Japanese military or continue to supply Tokyo with oil and other important supplies. While arguing with Washington, Tokyo also planned a big Japanese attack into British Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, and the American Philippines (Pearl Harbor).
The enemy, the US Navy, moved to its main base at Pearl Harbor in May, 1940. As part of the Japanese attack, Isoroku Yamamoto, commander in chief of the Combined Japanese Fleet, planned a secret attack for a airstrike on American troops to give Japan time to fortify its newly conquered territories. It was a extremely risky-projecting a naval task force made of six Japan's nine aircraft carriers 3,400 miles across the northern pacific with a lot of losses. The strike force, commanded by Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo, was made of two fleet carriers, two converted carriers, and two light carriers, along with two battleships, and a number of destroyers, and support ships (Goldstein).
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Work Cited
1."Pearl Harbor" World Encyclopedia. Philip's, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Linglestown Middle School. 6 September 2012 <http://www.oxfordreference.com
2.Goldstein,Donald M. "Pearl Harbor, Attack on" The Oxford Companion to American Military History. John Whiteclay Chambers II, ed., Oxford University Press 1999. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Linglestown Middle School. 6 September 2012 <http://www.oxfordreference.com
3."Honolulu" worldbookonline.com
4."Japan Declares War On U.S."www.duncanwebsiteservices.com
Pearl Harbor happened on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. This place was a major American naval base. The attack on Pearl Harbor happened December 7th, 1941 by Japanese aircraft. The Japanese assault killed 2,400 people and destroyed or damaged 300 aircraft and 18 ships. The surprise attack did a lot of damage, which there for brought the US into the Second World War. The attack followed the decision of the government of Premier Hideki Kojo that the Roosevelt administration would not leave China and Southeast Asia to the Japanese military or continue to supply Tokyo with oil and other important supplies. While arguing with Washington, Tokyo also planned a big Japanese attack into British Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, and the American Philippines (Pearl Harbor).
The enemy, the US Navy, moved to its main base at Pearl Harbor in May, 1940. As part of the Japanese attack, Isoroku Yamamoto, commander in chief of the Combined Japanese Fleet, planned a secret attack for a airstrike on American troops to give Japan time to fortify its newly conquered territories. It was a extremely risky-projecting a naval task force made of six Japan's nine aircraft carriers 3,400 miles across the northern pacific with a lot of losses. The strike force, commanded by Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo, was made of two fleet carriers, two converted carriers, and two light carriers, along with two battleships, and a number of destroyers, and support ships (Goldstein).
Work Cited
1."Pearl Harbor" World Encyclopedia. Philip's, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Linglestown Middle School. 6 September 2012 <http://www.oxfordreference.com
2.Goldstein,Donald M. "Pearl Harbor, Attack on" The Oxford Companion to American Military History. John Whiteclay Chambers II, ed., Oxford University Press 1999. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Linglestown Middle School. 6 September 2012 <http://www.oxfordreference.com
3."Honolulu" worldbookonline.com
4."Japan Declares War On U.S."www.duncanwebsiteservices.com
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